Mini Monday at Magnolia-licious!!!

Hey everyone!  Sure hope you've enjoyed your weekend! It's been HOT here! It finally cooled down today as we had some thunderstorms in the area.. I do love a good thunderstorm. :)

It's time for Mini Monday over at Magnolia-lkious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog. Each and every Monday, you will find some inspiration for using all the wonderful Mini Magnolia images. You can find a HUMUNGOUS selection of Mini Magnolia stamps at Magnolia-licious!! the best place to shop EVAH!! Here's what I've come up with for you this week.

I cut this super cute birdhouse bag with the Silhouette, and then added The adorable mini Tilda with Wrapped Heart from Magnolia-licious. It's a part of the Sweet Crazy Love Collection.  I also added the Magnolia birds as well! I don't see any of these in stock right now. If you're interested in purchasing, please be sure to contact Diana to see if she can get them in stock for you.

Please be sure and pop over to Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog to see my teamies gorgeous creations! And don't forget you get a chance to win a prize simply by leaving comments!! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Wee Wednesday time at Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog!

Hey everyone! I made a card today featuring the beautiful  #118 Dandelion Girl Wee Stamp by Sylvia Zet, and she's available at Magnolia-licious! You will find the Wee Stamps featured every single Wednesday at the Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog. Be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win a special prize from Magnolia-licious!

For more inspiration for using your Wee and Magnolia stamps, visit the Magnolia-licious and Wee stamps Challenge Blog. And then be sure to visit Magnolia-licious for an extensive selection of both Magnolia AND Wee stamps! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Supplies:

Image: Wee #118 Dandelion Girl from Magnolia-licious

Papers:  My Minds Eye The Sweetest Thing matted with Bazzill cardstock

Banner, frame, and heart cut with Silhouette

flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

ribbon - May Arts Silk

sentiment done on computer

Viva Decor Pearl pen

Papertake Weekly - Time for a new challenge!

Hi! This is my second post for today. So if you're looking for my post for Magnolia-licious, please scroll down to the next post.

It's time for a new challenge at Papertake Weekly, and since this is the first Tuesday of the month, that means the challenge is anything goes, and that it's sponsored by the awesome folks over at Lili of the Valley.
I used the adorable Goldilocks image from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps for my card.

Please hop over to Papertake Weekly to check out all my teamies fabulous creations, and then we'd really love it if you grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Magnolia-licious challenge of Butterflies!

Hey everyone! It's time for Team B to post our creations for the Butterfly Challenge over at Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog! If you haven't been over to check it out, you're missing out on some amazing creations!

Did you know the brand new Special Moments Collection is up for preorder at Magnolia-licious??? Be sure you get your order in now! For the best prices, an amazing selection of images, and the best customer service EVAH, be sure to buy at Magnolia-liicious!!!

For my card today, I used #392 Princess Pea Tilda from the Once Upon a Time Collection.

She's stamped onto Cryogen White paper and colored with Copic markers. I also used chalk pencils for some deeper shading. The large butterflies were cut from the Silhouette as well as the frame and banner. The smaller butterfly is a die from Magnolia-licious.

Hope you join in the challenge for a chance to win an awesome prize from Magnolia-licious!! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon. Hugs!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Movie inspiration

Well, welcome back for another supah fun challenge here at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!! We've got another fantastically FUN challenge for you this week, not to mention lots of other fun stuff!! Come along and play with us! 

This week our hostess is DEBORAH!! And her challenge is MOVIE INSPIRED!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp that features a movie of some kind!! Have some krafty fun and join us this week because we'd LOVE to see your KKS designs. We hope you can play along for your chance to WIN some Kraftin' Kimmie rubbah!!!

Who likes SALES???!! Well, we've got a WELCOME SPRING SALE on NOW with over 150 stamps and sets on 20-50% OFF!!! Also ALL the retired stamps that we brought back for a short time will soon be leaving and they are all on SALE also!!! But be warned, there may only be 1 or 2 of each, so if you want it, grab it!!! 

Also this weekend is your last chance to grab the NEW May release stamps at a discount in our Gimme Kimmies Kits!! Also we've got NEW Paper Pads AND some on SALE to make room for more!!! 

Now go ahead and check out the wonderful creations by our Krafty Girls and Guests featuring this week's challenge!! If you join us and play along, you could WIN a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp!!! 

Happy kraftin' and happy SHOPPIN!!

My card is inspired by the movie How To Stuff a Wild Bikini! LOL! Time to PARTAY on the BEACH!! :) 

Supplies:

Margarita - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
Flip Flops are from Summer Lovin' - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
Papers - Nitwit Collections matted with Bazzill cardstock
wave and umbrella are from Silhouette Store
Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl

Papertake Weekly - If the paper fits!

Hi everyone! This is my second post for the day, so if you're looking for my card for the Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog, please scroll down one. It's Tuesday which means it's time for a new challenge at Papertake Weekly. This week, it's IF THE PAPER FITS, and Dawny is asking for paper piecing. Our sponsor this week is one of my favs...Mary and Andrea at The Ribbon Girl!! If you love ribbon, you will LOVE The Ribbon Girl!!!  Here's what I came up with for you today.

I used an adorable Tilda image from Magnolia-licious. Just a very quick and easy card for you today! I made it using my circle and scalloped circle Nesties. Added Tilda and some flowers and a sentiment from Paper Smooches along with their word bubble stamps from "He Said She Said", and called her done! Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to check out all my teamies gorgeous creations. Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again sometime! Hugs!

Magnolia-licious challenge - It's all about the weather!

Hey everyone!  Last week Magnolia-licious started a new challenge that's all about the weather. It's time for Team B to post their creations for the challenge!  For my card today, I used the adorable Tilda Longstockings from Magnolia-licious!! If you're taking my class in June at Scrapbook Paradise, it's also the card you'll be making!

Isn't she so much fun?? She's from the "Once Upon A Time" collection at Magnolia-licious! You can find a vast collection of both Magnolia AND Wee Stamps at amazing prices with fantastic customer service!! There's no reason t shop anywhere else!!!

Please be sure to visit the Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps Challenge Blog to check out all the amazing and gorgeous creations by my teamies, and then we'd really love it if you'd play along with us! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon!  Hugs!

Supplies

Tilda Longstockings from Magnolia-licious

papers - Nitwit Collections Bees Knees

Sun, leaf flourish, semtiment tag, and image frame from Silhouette Shop.

butterfly die from Cheery Lynn Designs

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps - May Release time!!!

Well welcome back!! It’s Krafty RELEASE Day at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS!! And we’re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!!

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of AMAZING new stamps from all our artists! We’ve got something for everyone!! We've got TWO sweet new summertime sets from Nicole.......GOOD VIBRATIONS and SUMMER LOVIN’!! We’ve got two sweet new sets from Cheryl……SHELL ME A STORY and TOTALLY TUBULAR!! And of course we have an amazing new set of SIX awesome stamps in our BEACHY GIRLS collection and they are simply A-mazing!! 

You will get to see most of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our MAY Krafty Hop! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of these incredible stamps from the new release!! And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are available NOW! 

And of course, as always, we have our Gimme Kimmies Kits available for those of you who ‘need it all’!! The stamps are grouped together by artist and are available at a discount, but only for a limited time!! 

We’ve also rereleased some of our favourite Retired Summer stamps….Eleanor, Florence, Jack and Mae which you can pick up right now! AND we’ve put our awesome BEACHY SENTIMENTS and MERMAID SENTIMENTS on special right now to coordinate with ALL of our new stamps!! 

Have you seen our new section…..KRAFTYSINGLES?? Well, we’ve had some people asking for some of our sets of stamps as single images…and while we can do it on an ongoing basis, we’ve split a few of them up for you but only while supplies last!! So head on over and check out which ones are up this week! 

Don’t forget we’ve also got fabulous new Paper Pads, EZmount, Tack N Peel and Storage Panels for all your krafty needs!!! {US and International customers *may* have extra shipping costs if ordering paper pads due to the weight.}

Now let's celebrate summer with our NEW RELEASE and get hoppin' and shoppin'!!

I've used the gorgeous SUNNIE on my card today along with one of the images from GOOD VIBRATIONS! ! LOOOOVE her!! 

Supplies:
Sunnie - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

papers: My Minds Eye The Sweetest Thing matted with Bazzill cardstock

Palm trees and image frame are from the Silhouette shop

ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl

button and curly wire from my stash

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Sneak Peeks Day Four and a new challenge!!

Welcome back to Day FOUR of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps May previews!!! We are back with three more of our sassy BEACHY GIRLS for you today! Just wait 'til ya see!

We've also got a new challenge for you today! Lots of fun stuff happenin' at the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge blog!!

Today we have the last three stamps from our BEACHY GIRLS collection to show you! Just wait 'til you see how the Krafty Girls have used them!! We've got MARGARITA, RIVER and SUNNIE to share! It's another incredibly fun release!! You will love it!

This will also be the last set of stamps from Annie for a little while as she's taking a bit of a hiatus from stamp art at the moment. And as she's taking some time off, we are THRILLED to finally be able to share a BIG SECRET with you!!! Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is super excited to tell you that we will be introducing TWO new artists to the KKS family next month!!! We're not going to tell you who they are just yet.....but you may recognize their style.... and their names!!! Teehee!!!

There are lots of amazing creations on today's hop in combination with this week's challenge!! The lovely KAREN is our hostess this week and her challenge is ANYTHING GOES!! We want EVERYONE to play along and have a chance to win the new SUNNIE stamp, as featured on Karen's gorgeous creation!! We really hope you are inspired by this week's challenge and share your inky creations!!! We SO enjoy seeing your beautiful designs inspired by our challenges!

Below you will find all the Krafty Girls who have goodies to show you today and while you're visiting their blogs, be sure to leave some love at each stop because one lucky stamper is going to WIN a package of today's stamps!! Woohoo!!!

ALL of our MAY stamps will be available TONIGHT at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!! We'll be celebrating at our ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!! It's over at our KKS Facebook fan page! Join us for all the fun!! You can find more details here!!

See you tonight! Happy hoppin'!!

My card for you today features River!! Are you LOVIN' this new release as much as I am???  I adore each and every one of them!! 

Supplies

River from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
Papers are all Bazzill
All die cuts are from the Silhouette Store
flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Sneak Peeks Day Three!!!

Welcome back to Day THREE of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps MAY previews!!! Now how CUTE were those sets by Cheryl Alger yesterday??? The Krafty Girls cards were SO awesome!! Wanna know the random commenter who is getting a set of those cuties?? Well, ALL the winners of this week will be announced at the LIVE online RELEASE PARTY TOMORROW night!!! Go HERE to get all the details!!!

Today we have THREE of the new stamps from our BEACHY GIRLS collection!!! We'll share the other three tomorrow! Oh these gorgeous images will really get you in the mood for SUN and SAND!!! Just wait 'til you see how the Krafty Girls have used them!!

Check out all the sweet designs by the Krafty Girls featuring GABBY, JACQUIE COUSTEAU and LEILANI!! It's another incredibly fun release!! You will love them!

Below you will find all the Krafty Girls who have goodies to show you today and while you're visiting their blogs, be sure to leave some love at each stop because ONE lucky stamper is going to WIN a package of today's stamps!! Woohoo!!!

ALL of our MAY stamps will be available TOMORROW night at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Shop!!! We'll be celebrating tomorrow evening at our ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!! It's over at our KKS Facebook fan page! Join us for all the fun!! You can find more details here!! 

I've used the amazing Jacquie Cousteau for my card today! I am sooo in love with this release!!!!!

Supplies:

Jacquie Cousteau from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps (available tomorrow night!!)

papers are MME matted with Bazzill cardstock

die cuts from Silhouette store

May Arts silk ribbon

Happy hoppin'!!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Sneak peeks day two!!

Welcome back to day two of our MAY Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Today we are excited to share TWO supah cute new sets by artist Cheryl Alger!!! Check out these fabulous summer sets!!! They're called.......SHELL ME A STORY and TOTALLY TUBULAR!!

Would you like to know who won the new stamp sets that we previewed yesterday???!! Well, you'll just have to wait until Saturday night at this month's ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! Hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes!!! You can read all the details about how you can join us RIGHT HERE!

All the Krafty Girls listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you, so be sure to hop over to each of them! And while you're there, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away one of EACH of the new sets!!! You could WIN one of the new SHELL ME A STORY or TOTALLY TUBULAR stamp sets!!!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

Then come on back tomorrow to check out MORE new summery stamps we have to share with you! And ALL the new stamps will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!!

For my card today, I used both Lulu and Lexi from TOTALLY TUBULAR! They were sooooo much fun to color! 

I'm sorry, but the front to the 6" paper pad is long gone (it's from last year) and I can't remember who it's by. The sun is from the Silhouette store stamped with a sentiment that comes with the Totally Tubular set.

Happy hoppin'!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps sneak peeks day one!!

Guess what???!! It's that time again........ time for Kraftin' Kimmie's MAY 2013 RELEASE!!!!! 

We are kicking off the *New* MAY Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps previews today and we're SO excited to share these new stamps with you from artist, Nicole Aspinall!!! Today we’d like to introduce you to these FUN SUMMERTIME image sets ….GOOD VIBRATIONS and SUMMER LOVIN'!!!

After the success of our awesome Trinket stamps by Nicole, we're thrilled to share these fun image stamps we've designed!! You can create either clean and simple cards with them or much more elaborate designs!! And you'll see this in the amazing samples today!

We have lots of inspiration from the Krafty Girls, so hop around....and be sure to comment at each and every stop because one lucky stamper is going to WIN BOTH of the new GOOD VIBRATIONS and SUMMER LOVIN' sets!!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}

OH YES!! We are having another amazing ONLINE RELEASE PARTY!!! It's happening this SATURDAY evening at our Facebook fan page....and you can get ALL the details HERE!!! ALL the new stamps we're sharing over the next few days will be released on SATURDAY!!

First is the ice cream cone from Good Vibrations. 

Next are the flip flops from Summer Lovin'!

Happy kraftin'!

Papertake Weekly - The Sound of Music

Hey everyone!! It's time for a new challenge at Papertake Weekly, and this week the challenge is The Sound of Music - so use anything connected to this film. Think music, use some of your favorite things, mountains, goats, kids, nuns, the list is endless!  Our wonderful sponsor this week are the awesome folks over at Whiff of Joy  and J & C Creations!!  Yep!! TWO great sponsors this week which means two lucky winners!!

Here's what i came up with for you today:

Sorry...it's a really quick post today. If you have any questions, just shout at me! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you joining us at Papertake Weekly! Hugs! 

Little Darlings Rubber Stamps - new Saturated Canary release with a blog hop!

The day has finally arrived and the Design Team at Little Darlings Rubber Stamps has prepared a fabulous showcase of creations featuring the newest Saturated Canary Release "Fairytales & Fables" by none other than Krista Smith! In addition, each of the Design Team projects features Mindy Baxter's sentiment stamp set "Fairytale" and her design paper "Summer Sorbet"  or "Fruit Basket" both of which are available at Little Darlings Rubber Stamps. 

We are also going to GIVEAWAY one stamp from this collection to each of THREE LUCKY WINNERS! So once you visit the blogs below, make a note of your favorite stamp and then enter for a chance to win it! All you have to do is:

- Be or become a follower of LDRS Inspiration blog HERE
- Be or become a follower of LDRS Facebook group HERE
- Enter you name in the Inlinkz on the LDRS page HERE

These three lucky winners will be selected on May 10th to receive their fav "Fairytales & Fables" rubber stamp!
This Fairytales & Fables release contains 10 whimsical Saturated Canary images PLUS an awesome coordinating Fairytales Sentiment set.

Now, on to the hop! If you have arrived here from Sara's blog, then you're on the right track. If not, then please be sure to pop over to the LDRS Inspiration Blog so you don't miss a thing!  For my creation, I decided to work with Genie! I ADORE her!! The papers are from Summer Sorbet along with one of the sentiments from Fairytale Sentiments. The heart box is from the Silhouette online store. 

Below is the line up for the blog hop! 

There's a lot to see so make yourself comfy and enjoy the show!! 

·         Mindy Baxter 

·         Sheri Willshire

·         Alberto Gava

·         Angela Wood

·         Ann Marie Governale

·         Becky Hetherington

·         Eulanda Silvey

·         Fabi Ormerod

·         Janiel Corley

·         Jenine Siemerink

·         Jenny Hodges

·         Ruby Montes

·         Sandie Dunne

·         Sara Winter

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·         Claudia Rosa

·         Angie Hunt 

 So now it's time to move on to see what gorgeous creation Claudia has for you today. Thanks for stopping by to see me today an hope to see you back again soon!  Hugs!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - It's a banner day!

Hi everyone! If all goes well, I am in Illinois attending my nephews wedding, and this posted correctly via blogger. :)  It's time for a new challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge Blog, and this week the hostess is me! The challenge to you this week is to use a banner or banner shape on your project. Here's what I came up with for you

So please be sure to check out all the gorgeous creations at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge Blog, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your Kraftin' Kimmie stamps and play along with us for a chance to win the adorable pixie I used on my card. Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Supplies:
Pretty Little Pixies from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
papers - LIttle Darlings Caladium
frame and banner from Silhouette
flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
silk ribbon from May Arts
Viva Decor Pearl Pen